Israel said on Friday it had submitted an “official challenge” to a request from the International Criminal Court prosecutor for an arrest warrant against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.ICC prosecutor Karim Khan in May requested the court issue arrest warrants for Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant over alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza.Israel has waged war in Gaza against Hamas since the Palestinian group’s unprecedented attack on southern Israel on October 7.For all the latest headlines follow our Google News channel online or via the app.“The State of Israel submitted today its official challenge to the ICC’s jurisdiction, as well as the legality of the prosecutor’s requests for arrest warrants against Israel’s prime minister and minister of defense,” foreign ministry spokesman Oren Marmorstein said on X.Khan also sought warrants against top Hamas leaders Yahya Sinwar, Ismail Haniyeh and Mohammed Deif on suspicion of war crimes and crimes against